Chair bottom retainer



March I, 1950 A. L. HORD CHAIR BOTTOM RETAINER Filed Oct. 14, 1947INVENTOR- )QZZ/lL. Hora:

Patented Mar. 7, 1950 UNITED STATES PAT cast-CE 2,499,95i'3- CHAIRBOTTOM RETAINER Allen L. Hord, Ruckersville, Va.

Application October 14, 1947, Serial No. 779,698

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a chair bottom retainer that is especiallydesigned to be used with chair bottoms that are constructed by weavingstrips of suitable material or a single piece of material.

At the present time, chair bottoms that are woven from strips ofmaterial are woven so that there is an upper and a lower layer of thematerial. This requires more material than is usually required toprovide the sealing surface and, therefore, provides a more expensivechair bottom.

An object of the invention, therefore, is to provide a bottom retainerthat will securely retain a chair bottom on the chair and wherein thebottom is only made of one layer of woven material or a single layer ofmaterial.

The device thus produces a chair that is less expensive to manufacture,will save time and material in the manufacture thereof, and oncecompleted, will provide a bottom that is substantially stronger than thebottoms that are constructed or woven at the present time.

With the above and other objects and advantages in View, the inventionconsists of the novel details of construction, arrangement andcombination of parts more fully hereinafter described, claimed andillustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of an embodiment of the invention inplace to retain a chair bottom, the legs of the chair being shown insection on the line II of Figure 2;

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a detailed sectional perspective view of a corner of thebottom retaining means;

Figure 5 is a detailed sectional perspective view of a modified bottomretaining means.

Referring more in detail to the drawing, the reference numeral I is usedto designate a chair comprising four legs which, being of similardesign, will be designated by the numeral l I. In the usual constructionof chairs of this nature,

the legs are formed by cross rods or rungs, and I these rungs aregrouped in pairs in the same horizontal plane through two sides with onegroup lying in aplane lower than the other group. In the drawing, thegroup lying in the upper horizontal' plane will be designated by thenumerals I2 and, I2; while the group lying in the lower horizontal planewill be designated by the numerals I 3 and I3 respectively.

This construction is conventional, but must be fully explained to showthe conformation of the device embodying the invention to these groupslying in their respective planes.

The chair bottom I4 is applied to the cross rods or rungs by turning theends of the chair back upon themselves over the cross rods and rungs.

The bottom will, of necessity, have to have the cutouts I in the fourcorners thereof, pass over the tops of the legs I I.

The bottom retaining means embodying the invention comprises a metalframe I6 having an inwardly inclined marginal edge depending flange Hwhich, engaged by screws I 8 that enter the legs I I, retain the framein bottom retaining position, as shown in Figure 1. Since the cross rodsor rungs lie in different horizontal planes, the sides of the frame mustbe positioned in different planes to retain the bottom in position. Toprovide this structure, the sides I9 of the frame l6 are curved upwardlyat their ends at 2|] to place the sides 2| of the frame I6 in a higherhorizontal plane than the plane in which lie the sides I9. Thus when theframe is positioned as in Figure 1, the different planes of the sides ofthe frame will cause the sides to bind the bottom I4 on the cross rodsor rungs, and firmly retain the bottom in place.

In Figure 5, there is shown a modified form of the invention, whichcomprises a wooden frame 22 of substantially the same overall size asthe frame It, but, constructed of strips of wood. The frame 22 will havesides 23 and 24 respectively, which are mortised at their ends as at 25to place the sides 24 in a lower horizontal plane than'are the sides 23.The edges of the sides are inwardly bevelled as at 26 to conform to thecover as do the inwardly inclined flanges of the frame I6. The mortise25 provides the means for positioning the sides in different planes, asdoes the curve 29 of the frame I6.

It is believed that the manner in which the frames are used and theirconstruction will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and it is tobe understood that changes in the minor details of construction,arrangement and combination of partsmay be resorted to, provided theyfall within thespirit of the invention and the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having, thus described the invention, what is as new and desired to besecured by ltette Patent is: A c lr bottom retaining means ofthe cacter;.-'d escribed, comprising a frame havin .two sides thereof lyingin a different horizontafplane 3 from the opposite sides thereof, meansat the ends of the sides for placing the sides in the dilferent planes,and said frame is made of a single piece of strip metal, the sideshaving inwardly inclined marginal edges and the means for placing thesides in different planes, comprising an upwardly inclined curve formedat the ends of the sides lying in the lower plane.

ALLEN L. HORD.

' REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in th file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,581,020 Russell Apr. 13, 19262,233,201 Drinkwater Feb. 25, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date543,927 Great Britain Mar. 19, 1942

